Christmas Concert with Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO)
To mark the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the Goethe Institut’s presence in Vietnam, the Goethe Institut Hanoi will hold a special Christmas concert on December 21 at 8 pm.
To make this event a unique experience, we will trade our usual venue, the Goethe Institut, for the charming atmosphere of the Cua Bac Church. The concert is also a special event for the church and the audience: It is the first Christmas concert ever the history of the Cua Bac Church.
The program features Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Johann Sebastian Bach’s Orchestra Suite in D major, which also includes he famous piece “Air on the G string”.
The Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra is joined by two choruses – the Hanoi Catholic Youth Choir and the Opera Choir – as well as four soloists, two of them are from Germany. Let the Christmas Concert enchant you and slow down our hectic pace as we approach the end of 2017.
Thu 21 Dec 2017, 8 pm
Cua Bac Church (56 Phan Dinh Phung, Hanoi)
Winter Concert Night with Winds, String Quartet & Piano
The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam proudly presents its 15th act of the JF Garage Concert on Friday night, 22.12.2017.
12 musicians from the Vietnam National Academy of Music, Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra and Vietnam Military Band will perform Classical music and Contemporary music including some Japanese songs. This time, we feature Oboe – 7 Oboe players will perform together with Flute, Piano and English Horn. Though it is cold at night in this season, we hope you enjoy this heart-warming concert.
Fri 22 Dec 2017, 8 – 9 pm
Open stage in courtyard (Capacity: around 200 guests)
Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam
“Beyond SOUND”: Day 04 – Alberto Novello
Following the much anticipated Beyond SOUND series, Heritage Space & Dom Dom are proud to introduce the fourth showcase: Beyond SOUND|Day 04. Alberto Novello.
Alberto Novello a.k.a. JesterN is a scientist, composer, sound and video artist. His main artistic focus is directed towards the creation of probabilistic multi-media architectures, on the technological limit between instability and error, failure and expression.
Sat 23 Dec 2017, 8 – 10 pm
Heritage Space
Literature on Screen: “The Pianist”
In the final week of the Literature on Screen movie month, TPD would like to present the film The Pianist by director Roman Polanski.
The Pianist is a biographical drama film co-produced and directed by Roman Polanski, scripted by Ronald Harwood, and starring Adrien Brody. It is based on the autobiographical book “The Pianist”, a World War II memoir by the Polish-Jewish pianist and composer Władysław Szpilman. The film was a co-production between France, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Poland.
The Pianist met with significant critical praise, and received multiple awards and nominations. It was awarded the Palme d’Or at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. At the 75th Academy Awards, The Pianist won Oscars for Best Director (Roman Polanski), Best Adapted Screenplay (Ronald Harwood), and Best Actor (Adrien Brody), and was also nominated for four other awards, including the Academy Award for Best Picture. It also won the BAFTA Award for Best Film and BAFTA Award for Best Direction in 2003, and seven French Césars, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor for Brody. It was included in BBC’s 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century.
Fri 22 Dec 2017, 7.30 pm
TPD
Public Talk “Wooden Matrix – Viewfinder of the Past”
As part of the exhibition “Vestige of a Land”, a public talk with the Sino-Nom researcher Nguyễn Đình Hưng will provide a general perspective regarding the remaining wooden matrixes that still exists in Vietnam i.e. their crafting processes, cultural and historical values.
Long before the introduction of advanced printing techniques from Europe, woodblock printing was a popular method in Vietnam and East Asia at large. The process usually involved one or multiple wooden matrixes that carried inverted texts as well as images.
During the 20th century, wooden matrixes in Vietnam were widely produced and usually available in Sino-Nom or Vietnamese Romanized Script. After the initiation of other printing techniques from Europe as well as the disappearance of Sino-Nom, these wooden matrixes soon lose their establishments within society as the sole way of producing manuscripts. Once objectified as a cultural representative, the matrixes cocooned themselves into the forms of historical entities. Under harsh conditions such as climates and termites, these relics slowly dematerialized through the passage of time resulting in the substantial loss of knowledge.
Wed 20 Dec 2017, 7 pm
Goethe Institut
Discussion “Celebrations and Rituals in Vietnam”
Come to the discussion on celebrations and rituals in Vietnam on the occasion of launching the book “The Celebrations and Rituals” by Nguyen Van Huyen.
Nguyen Van Huyen is especially keen on the social structures, institutions and matters concerning spirits, religions and cults. It is for this reason that when doing research on topics related to material culture such as habitations, costumes,… he always tries to discover their social significations. Although received French education and culture in a systematical way, Nguyen Van Huyen gives his work a particular style thanks to his nationalist spirit and breadth of knowledge on the Vietnamese and the oriental culture.
Thu 21 Dec 2017, 6 pm
L’Espace
Christmas Concert with Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO).
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To make this event a unique experience, we will trade our usual venue, the Goethe Institut, for the charming atmosphere of the Cua Bac Church. The concert is also a special event for the church and the audience: It is the first Christmas concert ever the history of the Cua Bac Church.
The program features Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Johann Sebastian Bach’s Orchestra Suite in D major, which also includes he famous piece “Air on the G string”.
The Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra is joined by two choruses – the Hanoi Catholic Youth Choir and the Opera Choir – as well as four soloists, two of them are from Germany. Let the Christmas Concert enchant you and slow down our hectic pace as we approach the end of 2017.
Thu 21 Dec 2017, 8 pm
Cua Bac Church (56 Phan Dinh Phung, Hanoi)
Winter Concert Night with Winds, String Quartet & Piano
Winter Concert Night with Winds, String Quartet & Piano.
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12 musicians from the Vietnam National Academy of Music, Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra and Vietnam Military Band will perform Classical music and Contemporary music including some Japanese songs. This time, we feature Oboe – 7 Oboe players will perform together with Flute, Piano and English Horn. Though it is cold at night in this season, we hope you enjoy this heart-warming concert.
Fri 22 Dec 2017, 8 – 9 pm
Open stage in courtyard (Capacity: around 200 guests)
Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam
“Beyond SOUND”: Day 04 – Alberto Novello
“Beyond SOUND”: Day 04 – Alberto Novello
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Alberto Novello a.k.a. JesterN is a scientist, composer, sound and video artist. His main artistic focus is directed towards the creation of probabilistic multi-media architectures, on the technological limit between instability and error, failure and expression.
Sat 23 Dec 2017, 8 – 10 pm
Heritage Space
Literature on Screen: “The Pianist”
Literature on Screen: “The Pianist”.
|
The Pianist is a biographical drama film co-produced and directed by Roman Polanski, scripted by Ronald Harwood, and starring Adrien Brody. It is based on the autobiographical book “The Pianist”, a World War II memoir by the Polish-Jewish pianist and composer Władysław Szpilman. The film was a co-production between France, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Poland.
The Pianist met with significant critical praise, and received multiple awards and nominations. It was awarded the Palme d’Or at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. At the 75th Academy Awards, The Pianist won Oscars for Best Director (Roman Polanski), Best Adapted Screenplay (Ronald Harwood), and Best Actor (Adrien Brody), and was also nominated for four other awards, including the Academy Award for Best Picture. It also won the BAFTA Award for Best Film and BAFTA Award for Best Direction in 2003, and seven French Césars, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor for Brody. It was included in BBC’s 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century.
Fri 22 Dec 2017, 7.30 pm
TPD
Public Talk “Wooden Matrix – Viewfinder of the Past”
Public Talk “Wooden Matrix – Viewfinder of the Past”.
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Long before the introduction of advanced printing techniques from Europe, woodblock printing was a popular method in Vietnam and East Asia at large. The process usually involved one or multiple wooden matrixes that carried inverted texts as well as images.
During the 20th century, wooden matrixes in Vietnam were widely produced and usually available in Sino-Nom or Vietnamese Romanized Script. After the initiation of other printing techniques from Europe as well as the disappearance of Sino-Nom, these wooden matrixes soon lose their establishments within society as the sole way of producing manuscripts. Once objectified as a cultural representative, the matrixes cocooned themselves into the forms of historical entities. Under harsh conditions such as climates and termites, these relics slowly dematerialized through the passage of time resulting in the substantial loss of knowledge.
Wed 20 Dec 2017, 7 pm
Goethe Institut
Discussion “Celebrations and Rituals in Vietnam”
Discussion “Celebrations and Rituals in Vietnam”.
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Nguyen Van Huyen is especially keen on the social structures, institutions and matters concerning spirits, religions and cults. It is for this reason that when doing research on topics related to material culture such as habitations, costumes,… he always tries to discover their social significations. Although received French education and culture in a systematical way, Nguyen Van Huyen gives his work a particular style thanks to his nationalist spirit and breadth of knowledge on the Vietnamese and the oriental culture.
Thu 21 Dec 2017, 6 pm
L’Espace
